All photographs herein are for illustrative purposes only and the individuals
depicted in them do not implicitly endorse or utilize the CWCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services.

T

he Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC) is part of the Division of Student Affairs at the University
of Florida (UF). As the primary provider of mental health services, CWC offers high quality counseling and psychiatric care as well as developmental and preventative services to UF students. CWC
also supports the larger UF community, including parents, faculty, staff, and administrators, through
consultation on matters related to collegiate mental health.
Our students seek CWC services to address a wide range of concerns and needs; from concerns about
finding one’s place on campus to relationship problems; from mental health emergencies or crises to
chronic and severe mental illness requiring psychological and psychiatric care; or to be educated on a
wide range of mental health topics aimed at preventing mental health concerns.
As part of our comprehensive efforts to meet the needs of all UF students, we offer individual, couples,
and group counseling, outreach programs and workshops, web-based counseling (Therapist Assisted
Online or TAO) and other digital services, consultation services, and are engaged in various teaching
and training activities within the UF community. Some of our clinical staff are members of the Division
of Student Affairs Crisis Response Team, which dispatches teams to assist members of the university
community who are dealing with a tragedy or the loss of life. Many CWC clinicians are also affiliate
faculty members in the APA-accredited doctoral program in Counseling Psychology and/or the department of Counselor Education. As such, they teach courses, sit on doctoral committees, and do research. CWC also contributes to the education and training of counselors and psychologists, offering a
wide range of training opportunities. CWC’s doctoral psychology internship has been accredited by the
American Psychological Association since 1982.
All of us at CWC, including those who serve in our technology, administrative/fiscal, and support
staff teams, are committed to serving our students with the utmost dedication, respect, and care. We
thank you for your support and trust in our services. We also hope that this year’s report offers you a
meaningful picture of the varied and multiple efforts and contributions in support of the personal and
academic development of our students and our overall mission.
If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact the director, Dr Ernesto R. Escoto, at 352392-1575, or at: eescoto@ufl.edu
On behalf of everyone at CWC,

The Mission of the Counseling and Wellness Center at the University of Florida is
to facilitate the total development of students by addressing psychological problems and distress and by enhancing mental health, well-being, quality of life, and
functioning, through the delivery of high quality, culturally sensitive services to
UF students and the larger campus community. Our primary focus is on providing
brief, confidential counseling services aimed at helping students succeed academically and interpersonally.

Whether it’s consulting
with concerned faculty
about a student, educating an entire department
about how to help distressed students or providing students with the
skills needed to improve
their wellness through
presentations, our outreach efforts supplement
our core clinical services
to affect the campus at
large.

Since 1977 the CWC’s
training program has
helped develop counselors and psychologists
who are competent, ethical, and culturally sensitive through a wide
variety of training opportunities from practicum to
doctoral internships.

OUR YEAR IN A SNAPSHOT

Clinical

CERC provided

Trainees
programs provided
Our outreach

reached
691
37,726
29,639
services,

appointments.

hours of on-site

clinical
intervention.

stakeholders.

8,353

hours of service.

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Clinical Services
C

WC offers a variety of clinical services that include crisis and emergency consultation, triage, group counseling, individual counseling, couples counseling,
psychiatric services, academic testing, alcohol and other drug services, biofeedback, therapist assisted online services, and psychoeducational workshops. Our
services are available to all UF students who are enrolled in classes.
We are also available to consult with UF faculty and staff from within the Division
of Student Affairs (Dean of Students Office, Housing & Residence Education, Multicultural and Diversity Affairs, etc.) and across campus who would like additional
information or would us like to assist a student of concern. In addition to our normal operating hours (Mon. – Fri., 8:00 -5:00), we also have clinical staff who are
available for after-hours emergency consultation as well as access to ProtoCall, a
call service whereby students can consult with a counselor by phone after hours.
This includes both nights and weekends.
While providing direct clinical services is the largest part of our mission, it is perhaps the least visible part of our work because these services are delivered behind
closed doors within a confidential setting.
The statistics on the following page highlight our comprehensive array of mental
health services.

2014
2015
Number of students served by CWC 4,326
4,401
Number of individual counseling sessions 16,017* 15,735
Number of group and group related sessions 6,415
6,818
Psychiatric Appointments 6,347
5,762
Number of Non-Client Consultations 1,663
1,607
(students, faculty, staff, family, community members, etc.)
Avg. individual counseling sessions per client 7.36* 7.00
Total number of appointments 39,527 37,726
* This figure was reported differently in the 2014 report and
was recalculated for this report using the current formula

he CWC is home to one of the largest Group Psychotherapy programs in the nation, offering 72 unique therapy groups during this
academic year. UF students have the incredibly unique opportunity of
participating in a treatment modality infrequently offered in other mental health settings.

Research illustrates that individual and group therapy have equivalent treatment outcomes, and for many concerns, group therapy is the
treatment of choice! With the wide range of therapy groups offered,
students are able to get matched to this first rate treatment tailored to
address their specific concerns.
CWC groups provide support for diverse student populations (e.g. international, LGBTQ, first generation, graduate students) and address specific presenting concerns (e.g. depression, eating disorders, substance
use, bereavement). Drop-in workshops aim to increase coping skills and
mindful living by focusing on building confidence, resolving conflict,
improving concentration and managing break ups.

The CWC logged over

3,435 more client hours
than if each group leader saw

1.5 individual clients

instead for the same time period.

Student Feedback

At the end of each semester, group therapy treatment completers are provided an opportunity to evaluate their group experience. Here are some highlights from the responses by 248
group members from 58 groups:
group counselors created
am satisfied with the quality of
98% The
94% Imy
a safe and supportive group
group experience

85%
88%
10

environment
Group improved my ability
to communicate and interact
with others
After group, I have more skills
to help me work through my
problems

would recommend group to
94% Iother
UF students
overall well-being has
89% My
improved

The large Group Therapy program substantially allows more UF students to be seen for
therapy, provides them treatment fit for their concerns, and offers a form of treatment
many other university counseling centers would be unable to provide.
Therapy Groups
Students Who Attended Workshops
Unique Clients Receiving Group Services
Client Hours Provided for Groups
Average Attendance at Each Group
Groups Co-Lead by a Trainee

Our Groups
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Fall 2014
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Academic Confidence
Bereavement Support
Body Works: Living Well with Stress
Building Personal and Interpersonal
Fulfilment
Changeways Depression
Coping with Medical Challenges
Family Matters
First Generation Empowerment
Graduate Student Women’s Support
International Student Support –
English and Mandarin

If I had known that [group]
was going to be so awesome
I would have joined earlier!
This will help me
communicate with others for
the rest of my life.

I love the
passion, caring
and support
the group
leaders and
members have.
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Crisis & Emergency Res

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onveniently located at Peabody Hall, across from Plaza of the
Americas and Library West, CWCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crisis and Emergency Resource Center, or CERC, is an emergency consultation service for
faculty and staff and walk-in emergency service for students.
CERC also trains Student Affairs, academic, and public safety personnel in crisis and behavioral-health issues. Additionally, CERC administers and implements both the UF Crisis
Response Teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (CRT) emergency counseling service and the behavioral-health component of the UF Disaster Plan.
CERC is staffed by two full time clinician/coordinators, a support staff receptionist, and a
rotating schedule of clinicians from the Counseling and Wellness Center.

704
228
212
144
92
74
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paperwork alerts. Paperwork alerts are assessment and, as needed, outreach to students
whose information forms indicate a potential of severity and consideration of emergency
access to the CWC. Approximated at 15 minutes per assessment and outreach.
client consultations, over 163.31 hours. Client consultations
are either in person or over the phone, where typically the
student of concern has received CWC services.
non-client consultations, over 94 hours. Non-client consultations are either in person or
over the phone and cover interventions with students, faculty, and staff, where typically the
student of concern has not received CWC services at the time of the consultation.
administrative consultations, over 198.5 hours. Administrative consultations are indicative
of phone, on-site, or off-site consultation by the Associate Director or Coordinator related to
Behavioral Consultation Team, Crisis Response Team services, or other consultation areas.
triages, over 80.58 hours. Triages are in person consultations to assess the nature and
type of service needed and are typically scheduled for 30 minutes. Triages are completed
by counselors on duty and include both individual and coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sessions.
phone/email consultations, over 19 hours. Phone/email consultations are completed by
CERC counselors on duty when they receive a phone call or email from a client. These are
often follow up phone calls after a paperwork or ProtoCall review.

The Associate Director and Coordinator serve
on the UF Crisis Response Team and are responsible for maintaining the membership
and training of the 10 CWC clinicians who volunteer for on and off site emergency response
associated with the CRT. CWC CERC clinicians
participated in a number of Crisis Response
Team outreaches this semester. CRT services
are generally responses to request for on-site
consultation, intervention or support services.

Now in its 8th year, the QPR Suicide Prevention Program remains a fundamental component of the campus efforts to prevent suicide.
To date, the program has trained over 6,000
students, faculty and staff in suicide prevention.

A total of 12 CRT outreaches were provided,
assisting approximately 792 people.

ProtoCall After-Hours
Consultation Service
While CERC’s office is open 40 hours
a week (8AM–5PM, M–F) requests
for after-hours emergency services are directed by phone message to
the main CWC number which helps
provide service 24/7 by coordinating
with the CWC after-hours emergency
consultation service via ProtoCall, a
dedicated crisis hotline providing consultation services with trained behavioral-health professionals.

Call Types

49 93 12
320 24 536
Next day follow
up w/client

Information
Only

On-Call
Psychiatrist Consult

Client

On-Call Clinician
Consult

Total Calls

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Alcohol & Other Drug Services

A

lcohol and Other Drug Services has grown exponentially this
year. With 87 referrals from the Office of Student Conduct and
Conflict Resolution and at least as many referrals for voluntary programs, interventions have been developed and refined to meet students needs. The services include one on one prevention/educational
meetings, substance abuse seminars, substance abuse assessments,
the Back on TRAC program, prevention groups and the University of
Florida Collegiate Recovery Community.

Back on TRAC
The Back on TRAC (BOT) program continues to grow and flourish. Over 50 students have been served since inception in 2012. Students in BOT have averaged a .70 GPA increase this year. Also, by keeping these students in school
for the 2014-2015 school year, the University has retained 417 hours in tuition and fees totaling $87,780.
Part of the program includes students giving back to the University and/or the local community in a tangible way,
to help raise awareness of the dangers of substance abuse and the benefit of a period of sobriety to sort out the
reasons for their problematic drinking. The BOT students have presented at fraternities and sororities, the UF Cheerleading squad, local high schools, the Pre-professional Service Organization, the Greek Ambassadors, the UFPD and
various student organizations.

UF Collegiate Recovery Community
The University of Florida Collegiate Recovery Community is designed to create for students a typical college experience while maintaining their recovery. In August of 2014 and monthly thereafter the UFCRC Advisory Board,
comprised of stakeholders from campus and the greater community, has met to provide direction and resources for
students and staff in this endeavor to create support for students who are in recovery.
Ongoing programming includes weekly “Recovery Night” Alcohol free social events, “It Works” Monthly Milestone
Celebrations, Recovery Support Group, student run AA meetings, weekly UFCRC Seminar and a Facebook group for
activities and announcements. Other accomplishments include:
• Alcohol-free tailgates for all home games on SHCC lawn, creating a welcoming space for all interested in a typical
tailgate without alcohol.
• The FIRST EVER alcohol free tailgate at the Florida v. Georgia game in Jacksonville. With the slogan “There are no
Rivals in Recovery,” 50 students representing five colleges in the southeast (UF, UGA, UA, Kennesaw State and
Georgia Southern) came together to enjoy food and fellowship. This is now an annual event.
• Partnering with UCF to develop a state-wide network of recovery schools.
• Outreach to campus and the greater community: UF Presidents Community Alcohol Coalition, UF Student Senate,
Florida Recovery Center and the Center for Addiction Research and Education, as well as several tabling events to
reach out to students.

I want to thank Back on TRAC for saving my life.
UFCRC gave me a safe haven on campus that helped me
pursue my education while furthering my journey in recovery.

Peer Support
If you had told me even six months ago
that I would have been capable of sitting
in a room, sharing my innermost thoughts
and feelings, details of my past, I probably
would have started crying with fear at even
the idea. WRAP was spiritually healing for
me, made me feel in control for the first
time in a long time and renewed my faith in
others and in myself as a social being.
Drs. Jim Probert and Sara Nash

A

round the world, peer support among people who
have struggled with mental health challenges is
growing. Peer support allows people who have often felt
isolated and disconnected to build mutual connections
and engage in dialogues about their real challenges and
real successes. Peers are building communities and supporting each other to reclaim their lives, move towards
their dreams, and cope effectively with whatever challenges remain. Through this process, some people reach
a point where they have recovered from their mental
health challenges. Others identify as being “in-recovery”—experiencing more empowerment, hope and connection.

Since January 2015, the CWC has been offering two of
the most beloved, well-known (and evidence-based)
programs from the peer support movement--Intentional Peer Support (IPS) and Wellness Recovery Action Plan
(WRAP). Drs. Jim Probert and Sara Nash, who coordinate the program, completed facilitator trainings and
offered IPS and WRAP groups in Spring 2015 and Summer 2015. They are offering IPS and WRAP groups this
Fall 2015, and plan to offer both groups every semester.
Long-term, this program aims to develop a student Peer
Support community and drop-in Peer Support Center
at UF. Using WRAP and IPS, students will support each
other in recovering from distress and maintaining mental health and wellness as they achieve their academic
goals.

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Digital Services
TAO - Therapist Assisted Online
Therapist Assisted Online (TAO) is a 7-week treatment program designed to help
students manage anxiety, the most frequent presenting concern impacting college
students today. TAO was developed to complement existing counseling services
by responding to recent trends in students’ preferences for convenient and readily
accessible online mental health treatment resources.

TAO 2.0
During TAO’s second year of
implementation, emphasis was placed
on enhancing clients’ treatment
experience. TAO version 2.0 launched
with a host of enhancements driven by
user feedback.
These new features include:
• An improved user interface to
increase the ease of use and
enhance the aesthetic appeal.
• A new video conferencing tool for
increased ease of use, improved
video quality, and enhanced overall
reliability.
• Revision of content with a focus
on replacing text content with an
interactive video presentation of
learning materials.

Kognito At-Risk
The Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC) offers students, faculty, and staff an
interactive online training that is designed to help them recognize the common
signs of psychological distress. Through the training which uses avatars, learners
practice effective conversation skills to raise concerns and learn how to motivate
students in distress to seek help.

The CWC provides three versions of At-Risk:

• peer to peer for college students
• for faculty and staff to identify struggling students
• for faculty and staff to identify student veterans who may be struggling
The training teaches learners how to avoid common pitfalls by providing helpful
tips and in the moment feedback about their responses. Trainings last anywhere
from 25-45 minutes and are accessible online 24/7 at no charge to participants.
Kognito is partly funded by a SAMHSA grant awarded to the CWC and GatorWell
to provide suicide prevention to students at the University of Florida.

Goals of Kognito are to:
Increase students’ use of
Increase students’
protective strategies and
confidence and competence
decrease stigma to encourage in identifying, approaching,
early intervention and prevent and referring fellow students
serious mental health crises.
who are in distress.

2,129 & 865
students

thedesk

Increase faculty and staff
confidence and competence
in identifying, approaching,
and referring students who
are in distress.

have accessed
the training

faculty/staff as of Sept 1, 2015.

thedesk is an interactive website that provides tools to help students overcome
common challenges encountered while in college.
In 2014-15

WC is active in promoting mental health on
campus and taking various steps to prevent
concerns that would get in the way of students’
academic functioning and personal growth.
Focus and Collaboration

Outreach Services Include:

Our responsibility is toward every student on campus who may or may not
walk through our doors. Hence, our staff
engage in many different activities outside their offices to connect with and
reach out to our stakeholders. The responsibility to have a healthy campus
that fosters growth, prevents mental
health concerns and supports those who
need help is a shared one. We achieve this
common goal through partnership and
collaboration with our colleagues within
the Division of Student Affairs, Student
Health Care Center, and academic departments, as well as our students, specifically those in leadership roles.

2014-15 CWC Outreach Highlights
A stronger outreach presence and delivery was achieved through
• expansion of our outreach team by instituting an outreach-focused advanced practicum training that not only increased our capacity to provide quality outreach to the
campus community, but also allowed us to support professional growth of practicum
students in training.
• new collaboration pursuits with other campus units such as RecSports and The Travel
and Recreation Program (TRiP).
• assessing staff needs and utilizing internal and external input to enhance our outreach
delivery in general, and with respect to our presence at Preview in particular.

AWARE
AWARE Ambassadors meet the needs of the student body through an array of wellness-oriented,
thought-provoking events. This year the 18 undergraduates hosted the annual Live Optimally Fair and
Play Day. Both events feature centers and groups
representing the diversity of UF with the goal of
educating students about mental health resources
while providing a space to de-stress and have fun.
This enthusiasm for diversity and a student-centered focus extended to all of the events AWARE
helped coordinate this year, including Mental Illness
Awareness Week, Bridging the Gap and Keep Hope
Alive: A Suicide Awareness Vigil, and the inaugural
Mind Body and Sole 5K. These events alone reached
over 1,400 students.
This year AWARE also presented on 43 separate occasions to students attending Preview, promoting
the resources CWC has to offer. Including tabling,
Preview presentations, partnerships, and original
events, AWARE participated in 89 events, adding
up to 225 personnel-hours of outreach!

43 225 89

Preview Snapshot
presentations

personnel-hours
of outreach

total outreach
events

1,437 reached

students
via 5 major events

Live Optimally Fair 2015

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ASPIRE
The ASPIRE program was originally created as an enrichment program targeting the
needs of African/Black American students in support of achieving academic success.
The program was developed in response to a call by the Vice President of Student Affairs to offer proactive programming to counter the adverse effects of the One Florida initiative. Former Counseling Center director, Dr. Jaquie Resnick, along with other
clinical faculty, wrote a grant proposal to address how the Counseling Center might
meet this need, and ASPIRE was the result. During the 2005-2006 academic year, the
ASPIRE program was expanded to address the needs of Hispanic/Latino(a) American
students and later the First Generation student population. To date, the ASPIRE program provides outreach and seeks to build strong collaborative relationships.

This year CWC continued to provide representation on the campus steering committee for the Collegiate Veteran
Success Center (CVSC) and staff has maintained an active and engaging presence with student veterans through
holding weekly office hours at the CVSC. In addition, we participated in strategic outreach events that target student veterans while highlighting our commitment to student veterans’ wellness at CWC signature events such as
Live Optimally Fair. CWC also continued to provide direct services to Veteran students through our wide-ranging
clinical services. CWC was integral to efforts that targeted student veteran success and wellness on campus. We
have succeeded in collaborating with the Veteran Competency Advisory Committee in development of a Preview
session targeted towards incoming student veterans. September 2014, we participated in facilitation of two national webinar training presentations sponsored by Kognito on “Fostering Student Veteran Success”. This was a joint
presentation with representation from University of Florida (presented by Dr. Rosa West), The Ohio State University, and Central Michigan University. In addition, we have been involved in the process of developing education
and training for UF staff on working with student veterans and advocated for the use of our Kognito program as a
platform to facilitate that process.

UFIIT
The UF International Initiatives Team (UFIIT) is an interdisciplinary team that supports the globalization efforts of the UF
community and provides services to international students and study-abroad students to maximize their academic performance and nurture their well-being.
Based on a spirit of collaboration, under leadership of CWC faculty member Dr. Chun-Chung Choi, UFIIT has been working on
expanding its team gradually and is most recently supported by 36 individuals from 17 UF units including Division of Student
Affairs partners, academic departments and student organizations as well as the Graduate School, UPD and UF International
Center. UFIIT serves campus through consultation with campus stakeholders, attending various orientation sessions at the
beginning of academic year, programming and providing educational presentations on campus throughout the year, providing
direct care and support (e.g., hospital visits) to international students, and tabling at various events that target international or
study-abroad students. “International Student Workshop Series”, organized by UFIIT, this year provided 10 specific workshops
to facilitate wellness of UF international students. Social Events Listserv operated by UFIIT provides important and relevant information to international students to facilitate their adjustment to campus. This year 26 messages were sent to students. UFIIT
also engages in advocacy and education through conducting original research, publishing scholarly articles and presenting at
professional conferences.
Brand new for 2014-15, in collaboration with Asian Pacific Islander Affairs, UFIIT has initiated a special program called “Cultural
and Language Partnership Program”. This program is set to provide continuous one-on-one peer support between international
and domestic students and hence promotes much needed social connection and cross-cultural understanding.
CWC staff provide individual, group and couples counseling as well as clinical consultations with international and study-abroad
students on a regular basis. We offer two specific International Student Support Groups per semester, one in Mandarin and one
in English. These groups not only provide information regarding navigating the US educational system and UF, but also facilitate
students’ adjustment process and interpersonal growth.

UFIIT is supported by staff and faculty from 17 different units at UF
Asian Pacific Islander Affairs
Career Resource Center
Chinese Student Association
College of Engineering
Counseling & Wellness Center
CWC Aware Ambassadors
Dean of Students Office
Graduate Student Council
Levin College of Law

Medical Amnesty Consultation
UF’s Medical Amnesty Policy is designed to encourage students to make responsible decisions and seek assistance
and treatment in serious or life threatening situations that result from alcohol or drug abuse. CWC provides a onehour consultation to students to educate them regarding what Medical Amnesty is, as well as to facilitate reflection
on their substance use behavior and its consequences.

25 hours serving 23 students

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Online Reach
Website
This past year our website had

620,751 308,091
by

page views

users.

Compared to last year
thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a

15

%

increase
in users
and a

16

%

increase
in active
usage!

Our Top 10 Most Visited Pages
Page views on counseling.ufl.edu

75,421

How to Deal with Loneliness

52,048

17,893

CWC Home Page

How to Handle Fears

39,928

17,884

Types of Intimacy

39,826

Common Relationship Problems

38,828

Stress & College Students

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18,954

Dealing with a Break-Up

Clinical Staff Listing

16,958

Anxiety: How to Cope with It

13,288

Maintaining the Balance: A SelfHelp Guide for Students

Facebook
We use our Facebook page to educate
our stakeholders about mental health
issues, connect students with resources,
inspire campus community, and get users
to laugh (and remind them of the importance of humor to dissolve stress).

Total posts

Total reach

2013-14

382

92,930

2014-15

432

221,406

13 %

38 %

Our Top Posts (by total reach)
11/24/14: TRUTH: Smiling activates
the release of neuropeptides that
work toward fighting off stress.
DARE: Smile at strangers. #UFCWC
#DaretoDestress

36,224

11/22/14: TRUTH: Research shows
meditation can be helpful in lowering
heart rate and blood pressure, and
even improving thinking. DARE: Meditate. #UFCWC #TRUTHandDARE

18,040

11/3/14: Daylight savings time ended this
weekend! Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get caught in the dark. Walk
Safe. #StaySafeUF 15,865
5/6/15: J.K. Rowling gave best advice ever
to struggling fan. #UFCWC 7,524
1/22/15: 11 Habits of People With Concealed Depression 4,566
6/5/15: Trouble sleeping? Try this breathing
technique to fall asleep in under one minute!
#UFCWC 2,474
6/5/15: These cartoons nail what it is like to
live with anxiety. CWC has a way to overcome it. Visit: http://counseling.ufl.edu/cwc/
tao to learn more. #UFCWC #TAOanxiety
2,474
10/6/14: 1 IN 4 YOUNG ADULTS between
the ages of 18 and 24 have a diagnosable
mental illness. Learn more about mental
health and college at http://www.nami.org/
Content/NavigationMenu/Find_Support/
NAMI_on_Campus1/Learn_About_The_Issue/Learn_About_The_Issue.htm. #UFCWC
#MIAW 2,278
6/24/15: A pickle a day ... who knew. 2,164
9/30/14: Five Lies that Distort Male Sexuality and Hurt Men 1,972

The reach we got on our
TOP 10 posts in 2014-15 (95k+)
was more than the reach for
ALL POSTS from 2013-14 (92k+)

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Teaching and Training
The training program is an integral part
of the mission of the CWC, and the entire
professional and support staff is involved
in the supervision and training of our
trainees. Our overarching goal is to help
develop counselors and psychologists
who are competent, ethical, and
culturally sensitive. We provide a wide
variety of training opportunities from
practicum to doctoral internships (up to
30 trainees over the course of the year
from Counseling Psychology, Counselor

Education, Social Work, and Clinical
Psychology programs). The program
follows a practitioner-scholar model of
professional training, which emphasizes
experiential learning. In addition, our
35 supervisors provide a wide variety
of clinical and supervision orientations
used in training. The program adopts
the most current training models
including competency based training
and evaluation. In addition, we require
supervisors and trainees to observe
high standards of cultural competence
and inclusivity. We are in adherence
with the Counseling Psychology Model
Training Values Statement Addressing
Diversity.
Our psychology internship was one of
the first internships in the country to be
accredited in 1982.

Teaching
Teaching is an important part of our mission. It helps us support our students and
the academic mission of the university.
Some of the courses taught include:
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Ethics and Skills
Practicum
Introduction to Counseling
Trauma Theory and Crisis Intervention
Consultation and Supervision
The Mindful Therapist
Multicultural Counseling
The Counselor as a Person
First Year Florida

CWC sponsored

11 Continuing Education workshops
for on-going staff professional development, such as:
Baker Act Update and Review of the Mental Status Exam
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Drug Screens
Not A Drag! Competencies In Working With Trans* Clients

Staff Highlights

Jaime Jasser, Ph.D.
& Chun-Chung Choi, Ph.D.

Recipients of the 2015 UF Superior
Accomplishment Award

• Alonso, Jennifer - Secretary for Division 49 (Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy) through the American
Psychological Association.
• Alonso, Jennifer - Member, Early Career Professional committee, the American Psychological Association.
• Alonso, J. T. (8/14). Group Therapy for Students with High Demand Concerns. In J. Alonso and C. Choi’s (Co-Chairs), Group
Therapy as a Response to Modern Challenges in College Counseling. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Psychological Association, Washington DC.
• Alonso, J. T. (8/14). Evidence-Based Practice and Multicultural Competencies: Group Therapists’ Perspective. In E. Chen’s
(Chair), Evidence-Based Practice and Multicultural Competencies in Group Therapy: Multiple Perspectives. Symposium
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC.
• Alonso, J. T. & Winn, L. (3/14). In J. Alonso’s (Chair), Facilitating Dynamic Trainings for Staff in College Counseling Centers
and Other Staff Model Clinic Settings. Open session presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Group Psychotherapy
Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
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